The United States Department of State had stated in its most recent biennial report that one of those organizations, the Shan Human Rights Foundation, had originally been linked to the Shan United Army, which was reputedly engaged in drug trafficking.
En su último informe bianual, el Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos de América ha indicado, por otra parte, que una de esas dos organizaciones, a saber, la Shan Human Rights Foundation, estaba inicialmente vinculada a la Shan United Army, la cual se dedicaba al tráfico de estupefacientes.